vol. 49, no. 4

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Volume XLIX

May 1984

No. 4

Victory in Graduation Prayer Suit

On May 17, after hearing arguments

in a court room packed with reporters,

Alameda County Superior Court Judge

Raymond Marsh ruled that the inclusion

of a prayer in the graduation ceremony

at Livermore's Granada High School is

impermissible under the state and federal

Constitutions.

ACLU-NC attorney Margaret Crosby

who argued the case on behalf of former

graduating senior Leslie Bennett and

Livermore taxpayer Wilbur Miller said

that Judge Marsh's ruling was ``extreme- _

ly significant, giving life to the constitu-

tional principle of separation of church

and state.''

The case originated last June when

graduating seniors at Granada High ob-

jected to having a prayer in their gradua-

tion ceremony. Several school commit-

tees, the principal and the school board

refused to remove the prayer from the

commencement ceremony. On the eve of

the graduation, the ACLU went to court

on behalf of Bennett and Miller, charg-

ing that the inclusion of the prayer was in

violation of the constitutional principle

of church-state separation.

Just hours before the 1983 graduation

- ceremony began the preliminary injunc-

- tion issued by Judge Marsh was allowed

to stand by the state Court of Appeal

and the Supreme Court. As a result of

the ACLU challenge the prayer was not

included in the program.

Judge Marsh's decision this month

means that high schools in Livermore

may not include prayer in their gradua-

tion events. /

`According to Crosby, . ``Although

Judge Marsh's ruling only applies to

Livermore, the expectation is that the

school board will appeal the decision to

the state Court of Appeal thus affecting

public school graduation ceremonies

statewide.''

_-If the Livermore school district does

not appeal, Crosby added, `"`the ACLU-

NC feels so strongly about this issue that

we will follow through with another

case. We have received numerous calls

from students in other districts since we

took the Granada High case,'' she said.

Coming almost a year after the.

dramatic legal battle which prevented the

inclusion of a prayer in the June 1983

graduation, Judge Marsh surprised

- many in the crowded courtroom by issu-

ing his decision immediately following

oral arguments.

Symbolic Event

Noting that this was a difficult case

with no precise tests on which to decide

it, he carefully distinguished graduation

invocations from religious references on

coins and state seals which lack the

spiritual content of prayer.

He also rejected the school district's

claim that the invocation is consti-

tutional because attendance at gradua-

tion is voluntary. He concluded that high -

school graduations are such important

societal events that it ``ignores reality'' to

say that students do not suffer coercion

when they are forced to choose between

violating their conscience and missing

their own graduation.

- Plaintiff Leslie Bennett, who is now a

student at Chabot College, was in the

court room to hear her efforts applauded

by the judge's ruling. During her

challenge last year, Bennett had been

verbally insulted during graduation

rehearsals and even physically threatened

for her stand. She also received many let-

ters of support - from a minister's wife,

teachers and administrators from other

school districts.

`"`Many people assume that northern

California is `not a place where such

violent tempers would be raised over an

issue like school prayer, Bennett said,

"but the events in Livermore show just

how volatile an issue it is."'

_ Bennett and her family were elated by

Judge Marsh's decision. - Attorney

Crosby said of Bennett and the other

1983 graduates, ``The courageous

students at Granada High who braved a

torrent of threats, outraged public

opinion and isolation right in the middle

of one of the most important events of

their lives are the real heroines of this

civil liberties battle."'

And Judge Marsh, who carefully read

and reflected on more than 100 pages of

legal briefs before making his decision,

ended his statement by quoting Chief |

Justice Rose Bird, `"There is no more im-

portant duty that a judge can have than

. to protect religious liberty."'

Free Speech Gains for anti-Nuke Activists.

As this year's deployment of the cruise

and Pershing missiles raises the debate

around nuclear weapons to an even more

crucial level, two recent ACLU-NC court

victories have reaffirmed First Amend-

ment rights for anti-nuclear protesters.

On April 27 the state Court of Appeal

ruled that the U.C. Nuclear Weapons

Labs Conversion Project had the right to

use the Visitors Center and _ the

auditorium. at Lawrence Livermore

Laboratory .to distribute anti-nuclear

educational materials; and on March 30

the U.S. District Court approved an

agreement that reimbursed the Novato

Ad Hoc Committee for. Nuclear Dis-.

armament for insurance and police fees

paid to the City of Novato for their anti-

nuke march - and a new parade or-

dinance was enacted by the City Council.

- Lawrence Livermore. Laboratory is

one of two places in the United States

where nuclear weapons are developed. It

is owned by the federal government and

run by the University of California under

contract with the Department of Energy.

- The' U.C. Nuclear Weapons Labs Con-

version Project, an organization found-

ed in 1976 to alert the public to the

dangers of nuclear weapons, requested

permission to place literature in the

Visitors Center - an area in the Lab to |

which the public has almost unlimited

access. The Project also asked for

permission to show an anti-war film in

the Lab auditorium. -

When permission was refused,

ACLU-NC cooperating attorney Michell

Zimmerman and staff attorney Alan

ACLU-NC cooperating attorney Mit-

chell Zimmerman won a court battle

allowing anti-nuclear campaigners to put

their literature in the Visitors Center at

Lawrence Livermore Lab.

Schlosser filed for an injunction, arguing

that the Lab's refusal to allow the Con-

version Project to display materials in

the Visitors Center and to use the audi-

torium violated their constitutionally

guaranteed free speech rights.

In June 1980 the Alameda County

Superior Court granted an injunction

_ ordering the Lab to designate a space in

the Visitors Center where the Conversion

_ Project could place two 4' by 6' posters 0x00B0

and to designate two times a month

when the Project could use the audi-

torium to present a slide show or film.

Access was to be given to the Project

`"`without regard to their views, opinions,

policies or goals."'

A week later, attorneys for the Lab

appealed the decision. Oral arguments

were held in the Court of Appeal in

March of this year. -

In upholding the lower court decision,

the court relied primarily on the free

speech rights embodied in the state Con-

stitution, stating, ``the Project's right to

_ have access to the Visitors Center is pro-

tected by article 1, section 2 of the Cali-

fornia Constitution as a use compatible

with the purpose and function of: the

Visitors Center.

"We consider it critically important

for a government facility whose primary

purpose is to describe and explain

government activity or policy (which cer-

tainly `includes the work of the

Laboratory) to accomodate a mean-

ingful exchange of views by the public.

This decision reflects the high. value

placed in our state on the `free

marketplace of ideas' and robust debate

which are essential to the proper work-

ings of our constitutional system,' the

court stated.

Acknowledging that the provision of

access ``may cause some administrative

inconvenience,'' the Court stated that

`this is not a harm which outweighs the

abridgement of a constitutional right."'

The second anti-nuclear free speech

case arose when the City of Novato

charged the local Ad Hoc Committee for

Nuclear Disarmament several hundred

dollars in insurance and police fees to

conduct a march in the city in June 1982.

"This fee amounted to putting a price

tag on the marchers' First Amendment

rights,'' explained ACLU cooperating

attorney Eric Neisser who, along with his

students at the Stanford Civil Litigation

Clinic and ACLU-NC staff attorney

Margaret Crosby represented the Ad

Nuclear disarmament marchers sued

the City of Novato for police and in-

surance fees they paid under protest to

get a permit for their march. They won a

refund - and a new law.

Hoc Committee in its challenge to the

city. ``The use of several sections of the

Novato Ordinance Code requiring as a

condition of issuance of a march permit

the purchase of liability insurance and

police fees for overtime police officers

assigned to handle traffic control at the

march, violated the marchers' federal

- continued on p. 4

ee

aclu news

may 1984

When a Bill Can Save Salvadorans from Death

by Dorothy Ehrlich

ACLU-NC Executive Director

ach month the Reagan administration deports 1,000 or more Sal-.

Fy vadorans who have come to the U.S. seeking refuge from their

war-torn nation. Since 1979 over 40,000 civilians have died in the

crossfire in El Salvador - the majority at the hands of the govern-

ment armed forces and the right wing death squads. During this time .

of conflict an estimated 250,000 Salvadorans have fled to the U.S. to

seek safe haven. But instead of finding safe haven here they have been

subjugated to an illegal underground existence where a special terror

-- the fear of apprehension, deportation and death coexists with the

day-to-day economic exploitation suffered by those who live in the

most precarious strata of the undocumented population.

An investigation by the ACLU reveals

that the fears of these underground

refugees are well-founded. Many of the

- deportees reach their final destination in

El Salvador only to be met by a yous

squad.

U.S. immigration law has a section

which would appear to be tailor-made

for refugees such as these Salvadorans:

Extended Voluntary Departure (EVD).

This status does not grant citizenship or

_ permanent political asylum. It simply

allows aliens facing dangerous condi-

tions in their homelands to remain tem-

porarily in the U.S. to work legally until

conditions in their own country are

stable.

Extended- Voluntary Departure status

is granted at the discretion of the U.S.

Attorney General on the recommenda-

tion of the Secretary of State. However,

the current administration refuses to

grant this status to Salvadorans although

it has made EVD status widely available

for refugees from such countries as

Poland, Ethiopia, Lebanon and

Afghanistan.

The failure of civil liberties,

humanitarian and church groups to

change this administration's position on

granting EVD status to Salvadorans has

moved the issue to the legislative arena

where a bill has been introduced in both -

the House and the Senate to overturn the

administration's policy.

The House bill, H.R. 4447, introduced

by Rep. Joe Moakley (D-MA) which

would support EVD status for Salva-

dorans in the U.S. now has 132 cospon-

sors while 14 Senators have added their

names to Senator Dennis DeConcini's

(D-AZ) version. The bill is moving for- |

ward with bipartisan support in both

houses as well as editorial support from

20 major newspapers throughout the

country.

ACLU lobbyists i in Washington, D.C.

and ACLU members along with major

church and human rights groups will

continue to lead the campaign for

passage of this legislation. ACLU

Legislative Advocate Wade Henderson's

optimism about the bill's chance for suc-

-cess has not been dampened by the re-

cent decision by Congress to send nearly

$600 million in military and economic

aid to El Salvador. Henderson does not

see the House vote on the aid issue as

precluding a majority of the House from

expressing their humanitarian concerns

about the Salvadorans currently in

hiding in the U.S. by voting in favor ot

HR 4447.

The administration's stated objection

to EVD for Salvadorans is focused on its

claim that many of the refugees are not

fleeing from civil strife but rather are

simply economic refugees seeking higher

wages in the U.S. Moreover the ad-

ministration recommends that in-

dividuals who desire safety in the U.S.

`have the option to seek permanent

political asylum; it will not grant tem-

porary justice to the group as a whole, as

it has done for other refugees.

While many Salvadorans arrived in

the U.S. prior to the civil war (an.

estimated 100,000 or more) and may

have been- motivated to enter the U.S. to

escape economic hardship, there can be

no doubt that since their departure, con-

ditions in their homeland deteriorated to

such a degree that their safety on return

could not be guaranteed regardless of

this original reason for leaving.

The administration's asylum argu-

ment is much more cynical, evidenced by

the fact that only a handful of the many

thousands of requests for asylum have

been granted during the last 4 years. The

case for asylum - a complex procedure

which rests upon an individual with legal

resources being able to document that his

or her own safety (as opposed to the

group of refugees) is specifically

threatened by returning home - is a

cumbersome difficult process even under

more favorable circumstances. Indeed in

the current context, an administration

which has routinely denied asylum re-

quests to Salvadorans makes this pro-

posal a hollow substitute for EVD.

Finally, the administration's concern

with stemming illegal immigration, while

it may be genuine, ignores the benefit of

granting EVD status to the 250,000

-500,000 Salvadorans who have been

driven underground, since having

Salvadorans come forward to gain this

temporary status would allow for the

identification of individuals who can on-

ly stay temporarily until such time as

conditions in their country improve to

such a degree that their return could be

made safe.

In the meantime the administration's

refusal. to offer any response to this

devastating crisis which begs for a

remedy, has brought religious congrega-

tions and others into the position of law

breakers as more and more people of

conscience have also gone ``under-

ground"' by offering sanctuary - in de-

fiance of policies which choose to ignore

the well-documented fact that

dangerous, life-threatening conditions

await the Salvadoran deportees.

Earlier this month President Reagan

said, in requesting nearly $600 million in

military and economic aid for El Salva-

dor that, ``it would be profoundly im-

moral to let peace-loving friends depend-

ing on our help to be overwhelmed by

brute force if we have any capacity to

prevent it.''

The administration' s policy to deny

EVD status to Salvadorans contradicts

this rhetoric. The capacity to prevent

Only a handful of the thousands of Salvadoran applicants have been granted

asylum in the U.S.

further brutalization of Salvadorans who

are currently marked for deportation

does not appear to lie with this ad-

ministration, but rather, through taking

action to pass HR 4447/S 2131.

Additional Resources:

``Salvadorans in the United States: The

Case for Extended Voluntary De-

parture,'' a report of the ACLU Na-

tional Immigration and Alien Rights

Project, 142 pages. $2.75. (a 9 page sum-

mary of the report, ``Salvadorans in the

United States'? is available free of

charge.)

``As Bad as Ever: A Report on 1 Human

Rights in El Salvador,"' 1/31/84, 75

pages, $5.00

Both reports are available from the

Center for National Security Studies, 122

Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, D.C.

20005.

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Action Alert!

`Board Elections

The 1984 Board elections will take

place through the June-July issue of the -

ACLU News. In the Election Issue there _

will be statements by candidates nom-

inated by the Board and by petition as

well as a ballot for use by all eligible

members.

_and vote.

If you wish to nominate an at-large

Board member by petition, the petition

must have the signatures of 15 current

members of the ACLU-NC. Please en-

close the name and address of your can-

didate and the reasons why he or she

should be on the ACLU-NC Board. All

must be submitted to the

Nominating Committee by May 31.

Be sure to watch these pages so that

`you can participate in electing the

1984-85 Board of Directors.

Here's how you can help win Extended Voluntary Departure status for Salvadoran

refugees:

Support HR 4447

Representative Moakley's HR 4447 is co by the following northern

California Representatives: Boxer, Burton, Dellums, Edwards, Fazio, Lehman, Mat-

sui, Miller, Mineta, Panetta, Stark, 7 hau

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cent If your Representative is on this list, support his or her effort with a phone call,

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e Write to thank Senator Alan Cranston for cosponsoring this bill.

cent Write or phone Senator Pete Wilson urging him to cosponsor the EVD legislation.

`Immigrant Rights Group

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EVD legislation, oppose the Simpson-Mazzoli Bill, and other efforts to protect and

strengthen immigrant rights. Contact Andrea Learned, 707/544-6911 (days).

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may 1984

Privacy Fight for Childcare Homes

Should state officials be allowed to

conduct warrantless surprise inspections

of residential child care centers?

The ACLU-NC and other public in-

terest groups are arguing that such

searches violate the Fourth Amendment.

An amicus brief, written by San Fran-

cisco attorney Mary Dunlap on behalf of

- the ACLU-NC, California N.O.W., the

Child Care Coordinating Council of San

Mateo County, the San Francisco Com-

_ society,"

The state again appealed her decision.

operation of the California family day

care homes warrants an exception to this

rule, one of the most cherished of our

Judge Patel wrote.

Intrusions

In the amicus brief, Dunlap argues .

that warrantless searches of family day

care homes constitute impermissible in-

Do state inspectors have a right to enter residential child care centers without a

warrant?

mission on the Status of Women, Equal

Rights Advocates and the San Francisco

Women Lawyers Alliance, was submit-

ted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Ap-

peals in April.

The amicus brief supports an earlier

opinion by U.S. District Court Judge

Marilyn Patel that barred state officials

from entering family day care homes

without a warrant. -

A family day care home is a private'

home in which regular care is given to 6

or fewer children, including the care-

giver's Own.

In 1981, several day care providers

and the San Mateo County Daycare

Association,

Francisco Lawyers Committee for Ur-

ban Affairs, challenged the practice of

warrantless searches by the state Depart-

ment of Social Services.

In May 1981, Judge Patel ruled that

the statute violated the Fourth Amend-

ment and ordered state officials to ob-

tain a warrant based on the probable

cause standard required for criminal

cases if they were inspecting for possible

statutory or regulatory violations. This

was necessary because the state imposed

criminal penalties for such violations.

She also ruled that a lesser standard of -

administrative cause was sufficient to

issue a warrant for a routine inspection

of the premises.

While an appeal was pending, the state

Legislature amended the statute to ex-

empt one-child day care centers, limit in-

spections to areas in which children

received care; and remove all criminal

penalties for violations of the statutes

and regulations.

In light of the statutory changes,

Judge Patel ruled in November 1983 that

the first two changes failed to affect the

Fourth Amendment requirement, while

the removal of criminal penalties

lowered the standard for obtaining a

warrant from criminal probable cause to -

the lesser administrative probable cause

requirement for routine inspections.

``Under the Fourth Amendment, gov-

ernment representatives cannot enter a

private home uninvited without prior

_ judicial authority in the form of a war-

rant. Nothing in the nature, history, or

represented by the San.

trusions into the privacy of' family day

care providers as they earn their living

caring for children in their own homes.

`"`The Fourth Amendment protects the

home and is designed to protect against

precisely the types of searches at issue in

this case,'? Dunlap said.

`The family day care provider/

child/parent relationship and the child

centered activities which take place in the

family day care home are typical of those

home-based activities entitled to Fourth

Amendment protection,'' she said,

"Moreover, warrantless searches of

family day care homes erode parental

rights to privacy in making choices in-

volving child rearing and education."'

The brief warns that to justify war-

~ rantless searches of family day care

homes, the state erroneously attempts to

characterize family day care as an ``in-

herently dangerous activity'' in order to

fit the state's practices into the narrow

exception to the statutory warrant re-

quirement.

Tragic Examples

_ "Citing tragic examples of child abuse

in family day care homes as justification

for warrantless searches mischaracterizes

the purpose of the licensing inspection,"'

Dunlap explained.

If criminal activity is suspected ina

family day care home, then a warrant to

search that home would be issued on a

showing of probable cause. Yet to justify

an exception to the warrant requirement,

the state is arguing that the purpose of

the warrantless search is to detect in-

stances of criminal activity, namely child

abuse and sexual molestation.

As the district court noted, five unan-

nounced consensual licensing inspections

failed to detect the instances of child

abuse occuring in the home of the most

notorious case, that of Eleanor Nathan.

ACLU-NC staff attorney Margaret

Crosby added, ``Moreover, many serious

abuses of children are inflicted by

parents - yet society would not tolerate

warrantless searches by the government

of all private homes of families with

children."'

?

``Underlying the state's depiction of

family day care as `inherently dangerous'

is the notion that parents willfully place

their children at risk when they leave

them in family day care homes,'' Dun-

lap argued.

`Yet this position is unsupported by

the evidence of the normal nature of

family day care providers and their home

environments. It is an unsupported at-

tack on the working parents who use and

benefit from family day care.

`"When the true picture of the family

day care homes comes more sharply into

focus, the state's justification for war-

rantless searches of these homes falls like

a house of cards,'' Dunlap concluded.

A hearing in the Court of Appeals is

expected later this year.

- Membership Coordinator,

Help Wanted

It's members that make the ACLU-

NC go around - our 20,000 members in

northern California provide the axis of

energy and funds which makes the

ACLU a powerful force for civil liber-

ties. Our members deserve special. atten-

tion, and you can help provide that at-

tention by volunteering in the Member-

ship Department.

You can help process new members,

keep our records accurate, and provide

information to ACLU supporters if you

have 5 or more daytime: hours to

volunteer. The material rewards are few

- but the atmosphere is lively as you

help keep the wheels of the ACLU turn-

ing. To volunteer just call Jean Hom,

415/621-

2493.

The ACLU-NC asks you to

Vote No on Propositions 16 and 17

(Funds for construction of jails and state prisons)

There are other ways to combat crime besides building more prisons and

jails. Instead of spending another 1.7 billion to build more prisons and jails

we need to use community based residential centers, community service

and restitution programs, mental health services, alcohol and drug

rehabilitation and employment programs. The Legislature must consider

proposals to expand use of these options and finance real solutions.

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Seymour Hersh Event

Seymour Hersh, the most important ~

investigative reporter in America today,

will speak at the July 10 ACLU-NC Fif-

tieth Anniversary event at the Herbst

Theater in San Francisco.

"`Given the Reagan administration's

aggressive assault on freedom of infor-

mation and promotion of official secrecy

in the name of national security, Hersh's

incisive analysis of `the price of power'

is sure to be a valuable contribution to

our Fiftieth Anniversary celebration,"'

said ACLU-NC Board member Frances

Strauss, organizer of the event.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for un--

covering the My Lai massacre in Viet-

man and now winner of the National

Book Award for The Price of Power, a

shocking expose of foreign policy scan-

dals during the reign of Richard Nixon

and Henry Kissinger, Hersh is an out-

_ spoken critic of the lies and misdeeds of

our nation's leaders. No one in the media

has a keener eye for conspiracy and

cover-up in high places.

_ Hersh has won more than a dozen ma-

jor journalism prizes. In addition to the

Pulitzer Prize, he has been awarded for

his reports on the secret U.S. bombing of

Cambodia, his investigation of CIA in-

volvement in the overthrow of Allende in

Chile, and on the CIA's domestic spying.

``He is known as a riveting and power-

ful speaker,'' Strauss said, ``and we

_ know that he will focus attention on the

vital issues of government secrecy and

Seymour Hersh, the nation's leading

investigative journalist.

the right to know - a most appropri-

ate agenda for our 1984 anniversary

celebrations.

``We are also extremely pleased that

working with us to make this a smashing

success is Sidney Goldstein of City Arts

and Lectures, Inc.,'' Strauss added.

Tickets for the event are $12.50 each,

reserved seating. Tickets are available

through the City Box Office, 141 Kearny

Street, S.F. 94108, phone 392-4400 and

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aclu news

4 may 1984

Know Your Rights for Conv

Although the Democratic National

Convention does not come to San Fran-

cisco until July, the ACLU-NC is already

working to ensure that the First Amend-

ment rights of demonstrators, marchers .

and other political campaigners will be

protected during Convention Week.

Last fall, when it was announced in

the press that San Francisco Mayor

Diane Feinstein promised ``no demon-

strations''

site for the city, the ACLU-NC readied

itself for the fray. Though the Mayor

responded with a promise to respect free

speech rights, the ACLU is rallying its re-

sources to ensure that the First Amend-

ment survives the Convention. [

With a generous grant from the C.S.

Fund (to be shared with the Texas

ACLU affiliate as they prepare for the

Republican Convention in Dallas), the

ACLU-NC Democratic National Con-

vention Project was launched.

According to John Crew, a San Fran-

cisco attorney and former ACLU legal

intern who is staffing the DNC Project,

"`There are already 12 demonstrations

BeAeReK

BOARD MEETING: (Usually fourth

Thursday each month.) Thursday, May

24. Contact Joe Dorst, 415/654-4163.

EARL WARREN

FESTIVAL AT THE LAKE, Lake Mer-

rit, all day, June 1,2,3. Visit our booth on

Bellevue Ave. at the Festival.

BOARD MEETING: (Third Wednesday

each month.) Wednesday, June 20. Con-

tact: Len Weiler, 415/763-2336.

FRESNO

BOARD MEETING: (Third Wednesday

each month.) Wednesday, June 20. Con-

tact: Scott Williams, 209/441-1611.

GAY RIGHTS

BOARD MEETING: (First Tuesday, each

month.) Tuesday, June 4 at 7 p.m.,

S.-. Contact: Warner,

415/621-2493.

MARIN

ANNUAL MEETING: Saturday, June 2,

7:00 at Belvedere Tennis Club on Tiburon

Blvd. in Tiburon. Contact: Leslie Paul,

415/381-1088.

-MID-PENNINSULA

BOARD MEETING: (Usually last Wednes-

day each month.) Wednesday, May 30 at

8:00 at All Saints Episcopal Church in Palo

Also. Contact: Harry Anisgard,

415/856-9186.

Doug

in a bid to win the convention -

ce

ACLU, 1663 Mission Street, fourth floor

focusing on the Convention which will

draw tens of thousands of people to the

Moscone Center to voice their opinions

on a wide range of issues - from non-

intervention in El Salvador to gay rights

to Reaganomics.

``Through our work with the demon-

stration organizers, our monitoring of

the permit process, our distribution of

materials, and our legal advice we want

to make sure that everyone gets to exer-

cise their free speech rights.''

Along with Crew, staff members from

the legal, field and public information

departments as well as activists from the

Right to Dissent Subcommittee are

working on the Convention Project.

If you need information about your

rights and the Democratic National Con-

vention or want to volunteer some time

to support the Project, here are some of

the things you can do:

LEGAL ADVICE

-(c) If you are an organizer of a demonstra-

tion or other event and need legal advice

about permits, negotiations with the

police or other questions, call John Crew

at the ACLU office 415/621-2493.

e From July 9 to July 20, we will expand

the Legal Complaint Desk with extra

counselors. You can call for information

about your rights to the ACLU

Democratic Convention Desk 415/

621-2488.

(c) The National Lawyers Guild and the

ACLU will be setting up a special Legal

- Assistarice Hotline during the Conven-

tion. If you are arrested while attending

MONTEREY

PUBLIC FORUM: Tuesday, May 22, 8:00

p.m. What is Happening With Draft

Registration? Speakers: Judy Newman,

Chair of Draft Opposition Network, and

- Lee Halterman, District Counsel for Repre-

sentative-Ron Dellums. There will also be a

videotape interview with Ben Sasway, a

public non-registrant whose case is on appeal

to U.S. Supreme Court. Public Health Dept.

Conference Room, County Court House,

1200 Aguajito Rd., Monterey. Contact:

Richard Criley, 408/624-7562.

MT. DIABLO

BOARD MEETING: (Fourth Thursday

each month.) Thursday, May 24. Contact:

Barbara Eaton, 415/947-0200 (days). 2

NORTH PEN

BOARD MEETING: (Second Monday each

month.) Monday, June 11, 8:00 p.m. at

Sears Savings Bank, San Mateo. Contact:

Richard Keyes, 415/367-8800 (days).

SACRAMENTO

VACANCIES ON BOARD: submit state-

"ment of candidacy to ACLU-Sacramento

Chapter, P.O. Box 160423, Sacramento, Ca.

95816. Contact: Don _ Taranto,

916/482-1373, Paul Jorjorian, 916/455-9005,

or. Richard Uno, 916/391-5099.

SPECIAL IMMIGRATION FORUM:

Wednesday, June 20. Contact:

Mary Gill, 916/457-4088 (evenings.)

a demonstration or march or engaging in

other free speech activities, legal

' assistance will be available. The tele-

phone number will be announced in the

next issue of the ACLU News.

eWe need criminal defense attorneys

_who are willing to be on call for limited

periods of time during Convention

Week. If you want to volunteer, call

John Crew or Marcia Gallo at

415/621-2493.

oa INFORMATION

e The ACLU-NC will be publishing a

special DNC ``Street Sheet'' with general

information about your rights to demon-

strate, leaflet, and protest. You can help

distribute the Street Sheet to members of

your organization. Copies will be avail-

able free of charge from the ACLU-NC

in June.

e We will be printing extra editions of

our multilingual pocket-size ``Rights on

Arrest'? Cards, so all demonstrators can

be armed with vital basic information.

Copies are available in English, Spanish

and Chinese from the ACLU office.

LEGAL OBSERVERS

e The ACLU and the National Lawyers

Guild will be organizing teams of legal

observers to be present at all major

demonstrations and events. If you would

like to volunteer to be an observer call

Marcia Gallo at the ACLU Office

415/621-2494.

e A Rights Workshop will be held for

Legal Observers and others who want to

be more fully informed about their First

Amendment rights and rights on arrest.

SAN FRANCISCO

BOARD MEETING: (Usually fourth Tues-

day each month.) Tuesday, May 22, and

Tuesday, June 26. Contact: Chandler

Vischer, 415/626-5978.

ANNUAL MEETING: Sunday, June 24.

Special guest speaker, election of board

members, update on chapter program.

Time and place to be announced. For fur-

ther information, contact: Chandler

Visher, 415/391-0222 (days).

SANTA CLARA

ANNUAL MEETING: Sunday, June 24;

Panel on Media and Elections, featuring

speakers from print and electronic media and

a politician. Contact: Steve Alpers,

415/792-5110 (days).

SANTA CRUZ

FUNDRAISER: Thursday, June 21, 8 p.m.;.

Citizen Tom Paine, Bear Republic Theater;

Tickets $10. Call Blanche Greenberg,

408/476-8653.

BOARD MEETING: Wednesday, June 13,

7:30 p.m.; Louden Nelson Center. Contact:

Keith Lesar, 408/688-1666.

BOARD MEETING: Thursday, May 24

(Note - the board meeting is not the usual

third Thursday this month). Contact: An-

drea Learned, 707/544-6911.

FIRST AMENDMENT ROAD SHOW

Saturday, June 16, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00

p.m., Unitarian Fellowship, Stony Point and

Todd Roads, Santa Rosa. All activists

welcome. Contact: Wayne Gibb,

707/523-1155 (days).

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_ The Workshop is tenatively scheduled

ention Week

for Saturday, June 30. For more infor-

mation, call Marcia Gallo at the ACLU

number above.

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and state constitutional rights,'' Neisser

said.

In a settlement worked out by the

ACLU attorneys and the City of -

Novato, the Ad Hoc Committee was re-

funded all the fees they had to pay for

the anti-nuclear protest.

"In addition,'' Crosby said, ``the set-

tlement allows the city to bill for some

use of the streets, like foot races and

block parties, but greatly limits the right

to bill for free speech activity."'

The new Novato Parade and Special

Events Ordinance which was adopted by

the City Council on April 3 as a result of

the lawsuit, alters the previous permit

policy in regard to fees for insurance and

policing.

According to the new ordinance,

demonstrators need not pay any in-

surance.

In regard to police fees, no billing at

all may be ides for security or protec-

tion.

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STOCKTON

BOARD MEETING: (Third Thursday each

month.) Thursday, June 21. Contact: Bart

Harloe, 209/946-2431 (days).

YOLO COUNTY

BOARD MEETING: For information on

summer meeting schedule, please contact

Harry Roth, 916/661-0669 (days).

FIELD

COMMITTEE

MEETINGS

PRO-CHOICE TASK FORCE: Wednes- |

day, July 11, 6:00 p.m. - all pro-choice sup- -

porters and friends welcome. Contact: Dick

Grosboll, 415/387-0575 (evenings).

RIGHT TO DISSENT SUBCOMMITTEE:

First Wednesday each month, alternating be-

tween 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. times.

Wednesday, June 6, 6:00 p.m. and July 11,

7:30 p.m. Contact: Marcia Gallo at ACLU-

NC, 621-2493.

DRAFT OPPOSITION NETWORK:

ACLU-NC office in San Francisco, 1663

Mission Street. Contact: Judy Newman,

415/567-1527.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REG-

ISTRATION AND THE DRAFT July 14

15, U.C. Berkeley campus. Join our

planning group on June 5, 6:30 p.m.,

ACLU Office. Contact: Judy Newman,

number above.

IMMIGRATION WORKING GROUP:

Thursday, June 28 at 6 p.m., ACLU office.

in San Francisco, 1663 Mission Street. Con-

tact: Andrea Learned, 707/544-6911 (days).